Anyone had problems with B&G Vulcans ?

[lustyd]

We have the Halo 20+ and it’s great. It often spots pot markers before we do!

 

[Jamie Dundee]

B&G were great and sent me a new unit. Lots of features I liked. Lots I did not need or could not use. Actually I’m thinking of getting a new one. Anyone got any feedback on the broadband radar
Steveeasy

The 3G and 4G radars are well known to die after a couple of years, mine died 2 weeks out of warranty. The Halo 20+ is excellent and no reports so far of early demise.

 

[wonkywinch]

The 3G and 4G radars are well known to die after a couple of years, mine died 2 weeks out of warranty. The Halo 20+ is excellent and no reports so far of early demise.

If you push B&G hard enough, you can get 50% off a new Halo model if your 3G/4G fails even outside of the warranty so widespread is the issue with this heap of junk unit.

The B&G Facebook group has reports of this discount across the world.

 

[Jamie Dundee]

If you push B&G hard enough, you can get 50% off a new Halo model if your 3G/4G fails even outside of the warranty so widespread is the issue with this heap of junk unit.

The B&G Facebook group has reports of this discount across the world.

I got 50% of the original purchase price off the Halo20+, not fantastic but given the dearth of radars around in 2021 post covid probably not too bad.

 

[Fimacca]

I inherited 2x v9 in the boat. I had to swop them round as the cockpit unit shut down in the sun - in the UK !!
The 4G radar still works.
I would not buy them......there must be better out there.

 

[lustyd]

I would not buy them......there must be better out there.

The Zeus 3s is a lot faster than the Vulcan. Agree I wouldn't buy a Vulcan again it's frustratingly slow. I recently tried a Garmin at Marinesuperstore and despite being cheaper was exceptionally fast interface and seemed to have all of the features and more. If buying again I'd certainly move to Garmin over B&G.

 

[mrangry]

I have had a vulcan now for over 3 years of hard use in Scotland and have had no issues. I do however notice the screen getting very hot on summer days.

 

[TheSailingChannel]

EXACTLY the same happened to me. I bout end of 2017 season and used very lightly. VERY lightly.

It would flicker after a while, and would feel hot, then not display the Navionics charts but a reboot would fix it. On this summers 2 week break, it started flashing again, super hot on the back to touch and then shut down, never to power up again.

Did you get any useful responses from the B&G folk?

My Vulcan 12 is now taking an excessive amount of time and multiple touch screen power button presses to start.